Hair sampling techniques for river otters

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 671-674

  Depue, John E ^a   Ben David, Merav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Colorado; Hair snares; Lontra canadensis; Mark recapture; Noninvasive sampling

Indexed keywords

DNA; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SAMPLING;

CARNIVORA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 53049095173     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-712     Document Type: Article

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